10 Movies That Totally Destroyed You

2. Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father

Without a doubt, Dear Zachary is one of the most personal films ever made. Director Kurt Kuenne pretty much took on every role behind the scenes in order to get the movie made, writing, editing and even doing the music himself in order to do its story justice.

That's because the bulk of the documentary is about his close friend Andrew Bagby, who was murdered by his ex lover, Shirley Jane Temple, in 2001. Initially intended to be nothing more than a home movie for Andrew's son, Zachary (hence the title), as the narrative develops the focus shifts, as events unfold into one of the most compelling and tragic true-crime tales ever put to film.

While the real-life events themselves are harrowing, it's their impact on the rest of Bagby's family that's the most heartbreaking. The fallout of his death never seems to end, haunting them years later, with his parents in particular moving from one horror to the next.

Not everything is easy to take in, and it can feel completely hopeless at times, but by the end you'll be sobbing because of the small rays of sunshine that are found in between the trauma; the resilience of the human spirit and the positivity of good people who've come face to face with pure evil.